HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST LIGHT SOURCE FOR YOUR TANK?
HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST LIGHT SOURCE FOR YOUR TANK?
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Light energy is important to all living things be it in water or land. Light in an aquarium enables us to see the beauty of the tank, provides fish and other livestock with light energy whilst for plants…
Ammonia & Nitrite Poisoning In Aquarium
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Ammonia (NH3 NH4) Poisoning in Aquarium Ammonia – colourless, pungent gas and the primary component of fish wastes. It is harmful to fish and tends to rise in newly established aquaria due to a lack of nitrifying bacteria,…
The Nitrogen Cycle Timeline
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The Nitrogen cycle is rather simple but a vital biological process in aquarium keeping. To break it down, it is a biochemical cascade with three(3) stages involving continual chemical degradation of nitrogenous compounds [ammonia (toxic) to nitrite (toxic)…
Bacteria in the Freshwater Aquarium
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This article is by Bryon extracted from Tropical Fish Keeping forum. Bacteria are essential for life on the earth, and they exist everywhere; in only one milliliter of freshwater there are a million bacteria cells, invisible to the…
The Nitrogen Cycle
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This article is by Marco Colasanti extracted from Aquarium Chemistry: The Nitrogen Cycle: New Developments and New Prospects. The nitrogen cycle plays a highly important role in a closed environment like that of an aquarium. Due to its presence,…
EVENT: Ornamental Shrimp Introduction
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Fertilizing a planted aquarium – The four-factor principle
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This article is by Aquasabi Germany, extracted from Fertilizing a planted aquarium: Part 1 What do aquatic plants need to grow in the aquarium? This is a question every beginning planted tank keeper asks when reading up…
Liebig’s law of the minimum – If plants just do not want to grow
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This article is by Aquasabi Germany, extracted from Liebig’s law of the minimum The Law of the Minimum, made famous by German scientist Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), describes how plant growth is constrained by resource limitation. Plants need many…
Deficiency symptoms in aquatic plants – Correctly interpret growth damage
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This article is by Aquasabi Germany, extracted from Deficiency symptoms in aquatic plants. In the article “Fertilizing a planted aquarium” we have already presented the most important nutritional resources for the proper growth of aquatic plants, which are, in short, the factors…
Treatment with Seachem Excel – Fighting algae with Excel
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This article is by Aquasabi Germany, extracted from treament. In order to get answers to basic questions all around algae in the aquarium, we recommend you read this article first. The product Excel is especially suited for controlling red algae like staghorn algae…
Fertilization during the cycling phase – How to fertilize your tank in the right way from the beginning
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Basically, during the cycling phase of a tank it is most crucial to get the microbiology stable. This is not only important for the future animal stock, but also for the aquarium plants. How and if you fertilize your…
Algae in the aquarium – Causes for algae and algae control
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This article is by Aquasabi Germany, extracted from algae in the aquarium. Algae in the aquarium might be the greatest nuisance for every tank keeper, be it in a classic social tank, an aquascape, a biotope aquarium or…
Fighting algae locally – Fogging
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This article is by Aquasabi Germany, extracted from fighting algae locally. In this article we’d like to show you a way to control specific algae in a targeted way. This method does not treat the entire tank with…